Talkeetna Alaska to host a Bike Shorts Festival - April 10th

The Hangar Door Cinema Group will be hosting Talkeetna Alaska’s first Bike Shorts Film Festival.

Welcome to the circuit.

Bike Shorts Team

Palmer Alaska Bike Shorts a Big success

Palmer Alaska just hosted its first Bike Shorts Film Festival.

Palmer Arts Council had a good turn out and every attendee enjoyed both Bike Shorts 8 and Bike Shorts 9 line ups.

There Peoples’ Choice Award goes to Unicycle Bastards invade Portland and White Vans.

The Bike Shorts team welcomes our friends up north and hopes that future Bike Shorts Festivals will feature cycling films from there region…..maybe racing a polar bear! ;0)

Bike Pictures Needed

There are some really good film submissions this year. We are also looking for pictures of bikes, weird bikes, moving furniture by bike, touring by bike and anything bike related.

Send them on… director (at) bikeshorts (dot) ca

It is going to be a great show this year.

Great PSA and reminder for photo and video submissions

We have been getting some inspiring submissions this year and there is still room for more films and photos.

email director (at) bikeshorts (dot) ca for info.

Here is a great PSA from Oregon that displays some of the spirit of Bike Shorts. Enjoy!

Night Rider from Matt Giraud on Vimeo.

Inspiring Films for this years festival

Bike Shorts Film Festival is going to be a great showing this year. So many great films coming from around the world.

Here is a film made in Vancouver a couple months ago.

Keep em comin!

Dustin Anderson

director (at) bikeshorts (dot) ca

Deadline for submissions

June 1st is the deadline for submissions for this years festival.

If you are sending a film send us an email to let us know to look for it.

Bike Shorts team

Festival seeks still photos for half time collage

Do you have photos of cycling, bikes, cycling families, infrastructure or anything bike related you would like to show during half time and transitions during films then please send them to director(at)bikeshorts(dot)ca. Highest resolution possible please.

Keep the Rubber Side Down.

Dustin Anderson
Aristic Director

Film Submissions

Do you have a bike film that you would like to share with audiences across Canada?
Here are the criteria:

  • 7 minutes or under
  • No Violence
  • Data DVD with Uncompressed .avi or .mov files only (DVD format costs us money/time to render and your film will not look as good)
  • English subtitles if in other language
  • Submission will be accompanied with a blurb (2 sentences max)about the film for promotional use
  • Film makers full name and mailing address

Mail your data DVD with the file in .avi or .mov.(dvd formatted submissions cost us money/time to render and your film will lose resolution) :

Bike Shorts Film Festival
studio 508 - 1701 Powell St
Vancouver BC
V5L 5C9
CANADA

or upload it to the ftp server. Contact us for the information.

Thanks in advance for submitting your film(s). Our audiences appreciate it.

Dustin Anderson
Artistic Director
Bike Shorts International Film Festival

Winnipeg Chooses White Vans

A sold out audience chose Aren Hansen’s White Vans as their peoples choice.

Congratulations Aren and Bike to the Future for a very successful event.

Vancouver chooses White Vans

The peoples choice award for Bike Shorts 2009 goes to Aren Hansens’ White Vans.

Congratulations.